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J. J. FERRALL. P. J. S'UNDHEIM AND C. H. TRELAWNY.

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I APPLICATION FILED JULY 16. 1920.

1,399,947, Patented Dec. 13, 192 1 UNITED STATES PATENT JOHN J. FEB/BALI, 0F RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, PETER J. SUNDHEIM, OF CINCIN- NATI, OHIO, AND CHARLES H. TRELAWNY, OF QUEENS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB-S. 'IO NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION OF NEXV JERSEY.

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T 0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, JOHN J. FERRALL, PETER J. SUNDHEIM, and CHARLES H. TRE- LAWNY, all citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Ridgewood, county of Bergen, State of New Jersey, Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, and Queens in the county of Queens, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to containers and particularly to boxes, which may be used for holding crackers or other food products, for example. Such boxes commonly are provided with a movable card or plate bearing the name of the article contained in the box or the name of the manufacturer or other printed matter, displayed through an opening in the box.

Our improved construction comprises a plate which is pivotally mounted adjacent to an edge of the opening referred to in the side or front of the box, which plate may be closed in vertical position with a name card resting on the same and secured between the same'and the frame member in which the opening is formed, so that the printed matter on the card will be displayed through the opening. WVe preferably accomplish this by pivoting the plate at its lower edge to the front member of the box immediately below the opening referred to therein'and providing a latching and name-card-securing means for the plate, comprising a latch bar pivotally mounted intermediate its ends to the pivoted plate. The opposite ends of this latch bar are adapted to extend into sockets formed adjacent the side edges of the front member of the box, when the pivoted plate is closed in its vertical position. Also preferably the pivoted latch bar'has an upv wardly extending arm intermediate its ends which slides into a horizontal groove formed adjacent the top edge of the front member of the box, when the latch bar is movedv into its locking position. This arm provides a further means for holding the pivoted plate firmly in its closed position and also increases the stiffness of the front of the box, when the pivoted plate is closed, as it will be at all times when the box is in use.

The objec s of our inventi n s e in im= v Specification of Letters Patent. P t nted Dec. 13, 1921. Application filed July 16, 1920. Serial No. 396,655.

proved combinations of elements and details of construction for effectively producing devices of the character referred to, as will be more fully set forth in the following specification and appended claims. In order that a clearer understanding of our invention may be had attention ,is directed to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application and illustrating one form of our invention. In the drawings Figure lvrepresents a front elevation of a container provided with our invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section taken on line 22 of Fig. 3, showing an inside view of a portion of the front of the container shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is a viewsimilar to that shown in Fig. 3, with the pivoted plateshown in open position. 7

. Referring to the drawings, the container illustrated is preferably formed of sheetmetal and may be adapted for holding various goods such as crackers or other food products. The container is provided with a front member 1, side members 2, 2, a pivoted top or cover 3 and of course a back and a bottom which are not illustrated.

In the form of device shown in the drawing the front member 1 is provided with a pair of openings or windows the lower one of which, 4, is adapted to be covered by a pane of glass 5 to serve as a display opening. The other or upper opening 6 is adapted for the display of a name plateor A plate 7 is hinged at its lower-edge, as I" is indicated at 8, to the face 1 of the box immediately below the opening 6. This plate is adapted to be swung upwardly into vertical position to cover the opening 6. A removable name card 9 which may be, for example, of card-board, may be positioned on the front face of the pivoted plate 7 to be displayed at the opening 6 when plate 7 is closed in vertical position. Preferably a horizontal cross member or shelf 10 is secured across the front of the container immediately below the opening 6 and the plate 7 is preferably hinged to the upper surface The metal of which the front member 1 V of the container is formed is preferably beveled or inclined inwardly, as is shown at 11, around the edge of the opening 6. Plate 7 is preferably provided with a forwardly extending portion 12 which is adapted to fit within the edge ortion 11 of the opening 6 when the plate 7 is in its. vertical or closed position. This forwardly extending portion 12 of plate 7 may be conveniently formed by pressing the metal of which plate 7 is formed, forwardly a short distance, throughout the area indicated by the reference character 12. he name card 9 will obviously be securely. clamped between the coacting surfaces of the front member 1 and the pivoted plate 7 surrounding the opening 6 when the latter is in its closed position.

The plate 7 is preferably secured in its vertical closed position by means of a latch bar 13 which is pivoted intermediate its ends to plate 7, as on the pin 1% which extends rearwa-rdly from plate 7. lVhen plate 7 is in its vertical position latch bar 13 is swung from the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2 into the full line position. When the latch bar is so swung the left hand end of the bar will descend into a socket which is provided adjacent the left hand edge of the front 1, and the right hand end of the latch bar will move upwardly into a socket which is provided adjacent the right hand edge of front 1. The socket at the left may. be formed by the provision of a strip of metal 15 having a side flange indicated at 16 which may be soldered or otherwise secured to the adjacent side member 2 of the container so that the strip 15 will be spaced rearwardly from the front member 1 suf-.

ficiently to permit the end portion of latch bar 13 to slide into position between strip 15 and the front member 1. Strip 15 is also preferably provided with a vertical flange 17 on the lower portion of its right hand edge, referring to 2, Which flange has its forward portion 18 bent to lie against the front member 1 to which it may be soldered or otherwise secured.

The socket 19 at the opposite or right hand side of the container, referring to Fig.

' 2 is similar to the one just described except that it is open at the bottom instead of at the top. It may comprise a strip 19 having a flange 20 at its margin secured to the adjacent side member 2, and a flange 21 at the upper portion of its opposite or inner edge secured to the front member 1 of the containere In order to hold the latch bar 13 closely against the face of plate 7 the latter is pref erably provided with a pair of straps 22, 22

7 between which and the body of the plate thelatch bar is adapted to move.

Y 7 I These straps 22 may be secured to the face of plate 7 or they may be formed integral there.

bar up and down, portions of the same at its upper and lower edges may be bent rearwardly a slight amount as is indicated at 23, 24, to provide surfaces which mayreadily be engaged by a finger of the user.

Thelat'ch bar also'is preferably provided with an upwardly extending arm 25 which may be secured to or formed integral with the central portion of the latch bar. This arm 25 is adapted to have its upper end portion slide into a horizontal slot 26 provided in the front member 1 of the container above the opening 6. This slot 26 forms a third socket so that the latch bar will engage the frame of the container at three separated points, when plate 7 is closed, to hold the latter tightly in position. Pref erably, the front member 1 of the container is provided at i-tsupper edge with a flange 27 which is bent rearwardly and then. forwardly at an inclination to form a stiffening edge portion which may be of hollow triangular section as shown. The horizontal slot 26 may be formed in the lower edge of the forwardly inclined portion of this flange 27.

It will be noted that the front of the container, which is weakened by the provision of opening 6 therein, is stiffened, when plate. 7 is in its closed position, by this plate and by the latch bar 13 together with the upwardly extending arm 25 thereof. The arm 25 preferably extends upwardly from the middle portion of the latch bar and accordingly the pivot pin 14 is located a short dis tance to one side of the center of the latch bar, so that the arm 25 may swing into and out of slot 26 at the same time that the ends of the latch bar swing into and out of'engagement with their sockets 15 and 19.

It should be understood that our invention is not limited to the details of construction described, but is as broad as is indicated by the accompanying claims.

What we claim is:

1. In a container, the combination'of aside member having an opening therein, the material of said member 'being inwardly bent about the opening, a plate pivoted at one edge to the inner face of said member 120 adjacent an edge of said opening, said plate having a forwardly. extending portion adapted to fit closely within said opening, and an edge portion surrounding the same, and means for securing said plate in verti 125 cal position with a name card extending over the forwardly extending portion of the same and clamped between said plate and member around the margin of said opening, said means comprising a latch bar pivoted 130 to said plate and a socket on said side mem-' ber adapted to receive said bar.

2. In a container, the combination of a frame including a side member having an opening therein, a plate pivoted at one edge to the inner face of said member adjacent said opening, adapted to cover said opening and to carry a name card, and means for securing said plate in closed position against said member, comprising a latch bar pivoted to said plate and a socket on said frame adjacent an edge of said side member, adapted to receive the end of said bar.

3. In a container, the combination of a frame including a side member having an opening therein, a plate pivoted at its lower edge to the inner face of said member adjacent said opening, adapted to cover said opening and to carry a name card, and means for securing said plate in closed position against said member, comprising a latch bar pivoted intermediate its ends to said plate, and an upwardly opening socket at one end and a downwardly opening socket at the other end, on said frame adjacent the I 7 side edges of said side member, adapted to receive the ends of said bar when the same is swung into latching position.

4:. In a container, the combination of a frame including a side member having an opening therein, a plate pivoted at its lower edge to the inner face of said member adj acent said opening, adapted to cover said opening and to carry a name card, and means for securing said plate in closed position against said member, comprising alatch bar pivoted intermediate its ends to said plate, said bar having an arm extending up wardly from the central portion thereof, and upwardly and downwardly opening sockets on the frame adjacent the side edges of said side member to receive the ends of said bar, said side member having a slot above said opening into which the upper end of said arm moves, when said bar is swung into latching position.

5. In a container, the combination of a frame including a side member having an opening therein, a plate pivoted at its lower edge to the inner face of said member adj acent said opening, adapted to cover said opening and'to carry a name card, and means for securing said plate in closed position against said member, comprising a latch bar pivoted intermediate its ends to said plate, and lugs on said frame adjacent the side edges of said side member, positioned to engage the rear surfaces of the end portions of said bar when the same is swung into latching position, said plate having vertical straps between'which and the body of said plate said bar extends.

This specification signed and witnessed this 30th day of June, 1920.

JOHN J FERRALL.

Witnesses:

THOMAS N. MORRISON, FRANK E. OOYLE.

PETER J. SUNDHEIM. Witnesses F. W. ,TEUFER,

R. BIANOARDI.

CHAS. I-I. TRELAWNY.

Witnesses:

NICHOLAS A. PERUT'E,

THOMAS N. MORRISON. 

